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Natural sex steroids and their xenobiotic analogs in animal production: Growth, carcass quality, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, mode of action, residues, methods, and epidemiology

Khalid P. Lone Department of Zoology, Punjab University, Quaid‐i‐Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan
Pages 93-209 | Published online: 29 Sep 2009

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